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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I SHALL WANT MORE, by CLARA MAXWELL TAFT First Line: I shall want more of life than this brief span Last Line: I shall want love and tears and death again! | |||
I shall want more of life than this brief span Of three-score years and ten allotted me, And other loves, and new comradery Built on the old, but to a nobler plan. I must glimpse fairer suns; the walks of man Desert for highways past the farthest sea, Grazing the points of stars as breathlessly I join the upward circling caravan. O blessed, gracious, and abiding Care That gently leads me through long days of peace After as much of pain as I can bear, Grant me the thing which only seems surcease— A temporary space of rest ... And then I shall want love and tears and death again! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TEARS IN SLEEP by LOUISE BOGAN THE DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN by ROBERT FROST ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 109 by PHILIP SIDNEY TO THE SMALL CELANDINE (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE VOICE FROM GALILEE by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR TOIL by VALERY YAKOVLEVICH BRYUSOV THE MOUNTAIN STORM by MILLARD FILLMORE BUMGARNER |
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